Yūjirō Ishihara
Biography
Yūjirō Ishihara (石原 裕次郎, Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934 – July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe.[1] His elder brother is Shintaro Ishihara, an author, politician, and the Governor of Tokyo between 1999 and 2012. Yujiro's film debut was the 1956 film Season of the Sun, based on a novel written by his brother. He was beloved by many fans as a representative youth star in the films of postwar Japan and subsequently as a macho movie hero. He was extravagantly mourned following his early death from liver cancer.
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Known For
Acting History
1984
Again
1982Arcadia of My Youth as Phantom F. Harlock I
1976Big City: Days of Struggle
1976Frozen River
1973Rebellion Reward as Tetsuo Okita
1972Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny as Jubei Muroto
1972Bark at the Sun as Toudou Shunsuke (Boss)
1972Shadow Hunters as Muroto Jubei
1971Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as Shinozaki Ryoki
1971The Earth is Born Again as Kazuya Uematsu
1971A Man's World
1970Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Shinozaki Ryoki
1970Spartan Education
1970The Walking Major as Kitabayashi Hiroshi
1970Incident at Blood Pass as Yataro
1970The Summit of Mt. Fuji as Goro Umehara
1969The Cleanup as Shimaji
1969Tenchu! as Ryoma Sakamoto
1969Safari 5000
1969Samurai Banners as Kenshin Uesugi
1968I Shall Not Forget
1968Man of a Stormy Era as Shinsuke Kusaka
1968The Sands of Kurobe as Iwaoka
1968Dice and Swords
1967Outlaw's Gold as 立原英次
1967My Sweetheart as Director Ishizaki
1967Hawk of the Harbour
1967A Warm Misty Night as Tôru Sagara
1966Challenge for Glory
1966The Harbor of No Return
1966Kill the Night Rose as Shinroku Tokugawa
1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966A World For Two
1965Showdown in the Red Valley as Shingo Kazama
1965In Tears as Hiroshi
1965Why Are We Young? as Kensuke Nonomura
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Yamamoto
1965Taking the Castle
1964Black Strait as Akio Maki
1964The Eternal Life
1964Gambling Den Breakdown
1964Sunset Hill
1964Red Handkerchief
1963Alone Across the Pacific as The Youth
1963Foggy Night Blues
1963Escape into Terror
1963I Fly for Kicks
1962A Man With Dragon Tattoos
1962Rainbow Over Kinmon as 武井一郎
1962Fresh Leaves as Shintaro Masaki
1962零戦黒雲一家
1962I Hate But Love as Daisaku Kita
1962Facing to the Clouds
1962Seinen no isu
1962Love in Ginza
1962Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1961The Storm over Arabia as Kentarô Munakata
1961A Bold Life as Shuhei Chubu
1961That Guy and I as Saburo Kurokawa
1961For This We Fight
1960Man at the Bullfight as Tôu Kitami
1960Wait for Tomorrow as Kôhei Misugi
1960The Day of Youth
1960Ajisai no uta
1960The Cards Will Tell
1959When a Man Risks His Life
1959The Sky Is Mine
1959The Wild Reporter as Toshio Ishimatsu
1959Yujiro in Europe as (Self)
1959Dream Young Man's Dream
1959A Love that Wagers the World as Yuji Muraoka
1959The Echo of Love
1959A Man Explodes
1959We Live Today as Shiro
1959The Stream of Youth
1958Crimson Wings as Koji Ishida
1958Showdown in the Storm
1958Red Pier as Jiro
1958The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958That Wonderful Guy as Takeo
1958Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku as Kenji Matsuyama
1958A Slope in the Sun as Shinji Tashiro
1958Rusty Knife as Yukihiko Tachibana
1958Fangs of Night
1957Man Who Causes a Storm as Shoichi Kokubu
1957I Am Waiting as Jôji Shimaki
1957The Eagle and the Hawk as Senkichi Nomura
1957Harbor Rats
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Shinsaku Takasugi
1957This Day's Life
1957The Champion as Shuntaro Fuma
1957Birth of a Jazz Maiden as Haruo Nanjô
1957Dancing Sisters as Daisuke Yamano
1956Human Torpedoes Attack
1956Lunar Eclipse
1956Song of the Underworld as "Diamond" Fuyu
1956Crazed Fruit as Takishima Natsuhisa
1956Season of the Sun
1956The Baby Carriage as Muneo Aizawa